republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1399.md

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Bill	Potato Board; reduces membership.	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Potato Board; membership. Reduces from seven to five the number of members that serve on the Potato Board. The bill provides that the terms of persons serving as members of the Potato Board prior to the effective date of the bill shall expire on the effective date of the bill and that five members shall be appointed in accordance with the staggered terms set out in the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1399	Virginia HB 1399 (2024)	bill		enacted	Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.	3	27	6	2024-01-17	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/af223c4c-d030-4a77-9de7-c341ee25d87e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1399	61fe8b483509278be9eed4e23c80fa3ec84d1fd268b3f17e9b48dbaa6cbc57cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1399 (2024) — Potato Board; reduces membership.

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Potato Board; membership. Reduces from seven to five the number of members that serve on the Potato Board. The bill provides that the terms of persons serving as members of the Potato Board prior to the effective date of the bill shall expire on the effective date of the bill and that five members shall be appointed in accordance with the staggered terms set out in the bill.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0223 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1399ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24104044D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 24104044D introduction
• 2024-01-17 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1399)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1399ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 223 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223)
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1399ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af223c4c-d030-4a77-9de7-c341ee25d87e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).